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“You can’t do that, can you?” “Yes, you can.” Why tobacco sales bans are good municipal policy

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November 15, 2021
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Guest Author: John Mirisch UC San Francisco Professor and distinguished anti-tobacco advocate Ruth Malone once pointed out that in the history of consumer products, there has never been anything deadlier tha...

Australia: Endgame News

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November 15, 2021
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The Medical Journal of Australia RESEARCH LETTER VOLUME 215, ISSUE 10 Public support for phasing out the sale of cigarettes in Australia Emily Brennan, Sarah Durkin, Michelle...
2021 Index Here

U.S. Ranks Among the 15 Worst Performing Countries for Tobacco Industry Interference

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November 4, 2021
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 U.S. Ranks Among the 15 Worst Performing Countries for Tobacco Industry Interference ASH’s 2021 Index Compares U.S. Regulations vs. Global Best ...

The Scope and Reach of Tobacco Industry Lobbying

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October 28, 2021
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 The Scope and Reach of Tobacco Industry Lobbying New Resource from ASH Identifies U.S. Tobacco Lobbyists and Lobbying Firms To Clarify Who Shoul...
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150 Organizations Worldwide Demand that the Island of La Graciosa Break Its Agreement with Philip Morris

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September 9, 2021
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150 Organizations Worldwide Demand that the Island of La Graciosa Break Its Agreement with Philip Morris In a letter to the President of the Spanish Government, the tobacco control community denounces Sp...
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Hidden Costs: The Economic Burden of Cigarette Smoking on U.S. Healthcare Spending

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August 31, 2021
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Author: Gabrielle Ballweg, ASH Human Rights Policy and Communications Intern Arguably the most compelling justification for permitting cigarette sales in the U.S. is profit. However, when a U.S. industry inf...

Opposing Goals: The Tobacco Industry vs. Public Health

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August 3, 2021
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Author: Vivienne Brandt, ASH Policy and Communications Intern In 2003, the World Health Organization concluded negotiations of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which reaffirmed the right o...
ASH Annual Report 2020

2020 Annual Report

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July 29, 2021
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Click here to read our 2020 Annual Report The year 2020 brought much needed attention to social justice, and placed the right to health front and center in global public health. In a matter of months, we sa...

The Tobacco Industry’s Impact on Child Exploitation Globally

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July 26, 2021
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Author: Mitch Schuster, ASH Policy and Communications Intern The tobacco industry is frequently criticized for its product’s harmful effects on global health, financial security, and manipulative marketing t...

Huber Statement: Brookline, MA Becomes 1st City in the U.S. to Ban Tobacco Sales to Anyone Born in the 21st Century

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July 19, 2021
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Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director, Action on Smoking and Health Brookline, MA Becomes 1st City in the U.S. to Ban Tobacco Sales to Anyone Born in the 21st Century WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 19, 202...

Statement from Elizabeth Furgurson, COO of ASH in Support of DC’s Bill to Ban Flavors in Tobacco Products

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June 29, 2021
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Statement from Elizabeth Furgurson, Chief Operating Officer of ASH in Support of the District of Columbia’s Bill to Ban Flavors in Tobacco Products June 29, 2021 Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds...
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148 Organizations, Universities, and Cancer Centers Call for an End to Combustible Tobacco Sales

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May 24, 2021
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Additional organizations continue to sign onto this letter. For the most recent number of signatory organizations, click here. Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 148 Organizatio...

Report: Cessation, The Right to Health

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May 18, 2021
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Access to Smoking Cessation Support is a Human Right ASH and ICTC Release a Report in Advance of World No Tobacco Day, May 31st Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org | (202) 390 – 9513 WASHINGTON, DC – Ma...
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Support For U.S. FDA’s Menthol Ban

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April 29, 2021
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There is vast global support for the U.S. to ban menthol cigarettes, as several countries have already done. The University of Bath’s Tobacco Tactics website lists all the other countries that have banne...
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Joint Statement: The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans

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April 29, 2021
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The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responds to a lawsuit filed by ASH, AATCLC, AMA, and NMA on Saving Black Lives WASHING...

Statement on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol

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April 29, 2021
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Statement on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol Statement of Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) WASHINGTON, DC – April 29, 2021 –Today, we celebrate with all ...

97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol

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April 21, 2021
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202)390-9513 97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) leads 97 organizations from around the wo...

Tobacco Companies Racially Discriminate Against Minorities

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April 16, 2021
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 Tobacco use disproportionately affects many marginalized populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, who have a long and documented history of being aggressively targeted by the tobacco industry. ...

The Impact of COVID-19 on ASH

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April 8, 2021
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Before COVID-19, ASH already had a flexible work environment where all staff were encouraged to have a work from home set up, complete with our main phone line forwarding to cell phones. So when the world went ...
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Menthol Marketing Exposes Institutional Racism

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April 6, 2021
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Guest Blog Author: Michael Schwalbe, Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University When it comes to destroying Black lives, no modern American institution can match the tobacco industry. It is...

Another Legal Blow to Big Tobacco

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March 31, 2021
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On March 29, 2021, Judge Janis Sammartino of the U.S. District Court for Southern California dashed the hopes of R.J. Reynolds and other plaintiffs seeking to overturn San Diego’s ban on the sale of flavored to...
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NAQC Newsroom: Impact of COVID-19 on tobacco cessation

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March 24, 2021
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Impact of COVID-19 on Tobacco Cessation Thursday, March 11, 2021 Every year, North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) analyzes data on quitline services and reports the results. "In calendar year 2020, ...
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Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on International Women’s Day

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March 8, 2021
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Today is International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the progress that’s been made for women’s rights around the world, and a day to call for much-needed change. Cigarette smoking among women is declining...
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Monterey County Weekly: Cigarette advertising could bring in big dollars, but crosses a line.

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February 26, 2021
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Read Founding Editor & CEO of the Weekly Bradley Zeve's editorial on why they rejected a $100,000 tobacco industry advertising purchase order>...

TID: Educating the public and lawmakers about tobacco industry interference

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February 26, 2021
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Read our joint editorial in Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal here>...
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